It's Been Two Years Since The Pandemic Began. How Are We Doing?

Arlington TX

13 January, 2022

6:50 PM

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By Alexis Allison, Fort Worth Report January 12, 2022 "It has to be the flu." Jana Shaw had been sick before. After she was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis at 18 months old and prescribed immunosuppressants ever since, her life had been punctuated by bouts of illness. But this seemed worse, almost the sickest she'd ever felt. The body aches alone made her cry out. Her fever raged. She struggled to breathe. Her doctor tested her for flu. Negative. Later, when she didn't get better, she tested again. Negative. "I'm stumped," she remembers her doctor saying. To read the full article, click here. Fort Worth Report is a nonpartisan, nonprofit news organization that produces factual, in-depth journalism about city and county government, schools, healthcare, business, and arts and culture in Tarrant County. Always free to read; subscribe to newsletters, read coverage or support our newsroom at fortworthreport.org.